couthie

English

Alternative forms

• couthy

Etymology

couth +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːθi

Adjective

couthie (comparative couthier, superlative couthiest)

1. (Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:

     she tramped bare-footed the roads to the little school that nestled under the couthy hills.

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Scots

Adjective

couthie

1. Agreeable.
2. Comfortable.